'I have a show up now at the new ECU campus of my "Flower Vases with Flowers in a Vase", ceramics and large digital photos. Until Sunday Dec. 3, 1st floor Faculty space, open everyday.' This was the invitation I received from Paul Mathieu. Last Thursday, on a beastly rainy day, I first took plates to Mina's Strathcona home and then found my way…
On Saturday, while my recent glaze firing was cooling, Al and I sky-trained in to Vancouver for a gallery day. Our primary destination was Coastal Peoples Gallery in Gastown but I hadn't seen the current shows at Vancouver Art Gallery so we spent some time there first. Our son Mike joined us as he's particularly interested in Mid-Century Modern Design. True Nordic is on the…
Yesterday I unloaded a full kiln load of painted plates, Alan took photos and I loaded the kiln again, this time with pots for bisque-firing. Some plates didn't get into the earlier firings, my jugbirds weren't finished and Renée brought two more round dinner plates that she'd painted at home. That firing ended this morning so tomorrow will be another glazing day. The finished plates…
This was a packed weekend! Another group of Raiders had asked if they could come out on a Saturday so we booked this one, but I didn't realize that the East Side Culture Crawl was also on. Alan and I like to go, and I'd missed at least the last two so we decided to see some of it on Friday evening and Al would…
After attending Port Moody's Remembrance Day ceremonies at the War Memorial by the Arts Centre I walked along closed-off St John street to Moody Centre Skytrain station. My friend and fellow potter Linda had left Coquitlam Skytrain station just before noon and unbelievably she was in the carriage I entered two stops later! Forty-five minutes later we walked in to the Convention Centre, checked our…